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VTIPVanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Beacon PickGet incomeBeat inflation13y track recordRanked #2 of 109 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index.

By Vanguard · Launched 2012

Annual Cost

0.03%

#40 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$71.1B

#48 of 5,854 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

3.60%

Track Record

13 years

#1,019 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,312+3.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Bloomberg US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 50.3% of fundmoderately concentrated

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
5.5%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
5.5%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
5.3%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
5.1%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
5.1%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
4.9%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
4.8%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
4.8%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
4.8%
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
4.7%

Asset allocation

Bonds
95.2%
Cash
4.8%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
1.6%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-6.3%Mild

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.69Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.04Good downside protection

Bond profile

Avg maturity

9.8 years

Credit ratings

US Government
95.2%
AA
99.9%
Other
0.1%

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index, investing at least 80% of net assets in inflation-indexed securities. The Fund holds securities in approximately the same proportion as their weighting in the Target Index, maintaining a dollar-weighted average maturity of 2.4 years.
Inception date
October 12, 2012
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-03